Antigone.

So for this play, I got to focus on the design elements. When walking into the room I saw the stage and thought “This is it? Okay… Not that much to work with. But I guess that doesn’t matter. Will the dialogue make up for that?” See, as a non-theatre major, I never think about that stuff. When I enter a movie theatre or when going to see a play like Frost/Nixon, what goes through my mind is “I hope this will be good.” or "Ugh the girl that just sat down with her friend better not be texting the whole time..." Now I’m starting to think like a theatre major? You guys are rubbing off on me…

I liked how modern the costumes were. I had forgotten for a second that this Greek play was edited to a modern time. It was modern but yet with a hint of something from the Greek era. Like Antigone’s gold seams/ thread (I’m not good with the wardrobe lingo), on her red shirt, to the gold band that Creon wore. Both also had some sort of symbol on the back of their clothing, possibly like family crest? Whatever it was, to me it was a symbol of their royal family which reminded me of the Greek era that royal families still wear today. The only thing I found somewhat confusing about the costumes were the costume worn by Haemon. He was dressed like a commoner, green flowy shirt with baige baggy pants and sandals? (If someone could clarify this for me, that'd be great). But maybe that was just his character dressed and that it had nothing to do with anything happening.


At first I didn’t have much to say about the stage but as the play progressed, I noticed how fitting it was to the mood; it had fit Antigone’s mood the most. The gold with a hint of red, which I’m guessing represents the un happinest situation about her brother, her trust with Haemon, and her fued with Creon, and other events that led to her death. The gold representing the happiest she could’ve had and how beautiful she is, she doesn’t see it, she sees herself as ugly and sad, also what the red could've represented.

I thought the technician who did light and music did a good job. I liked that the music progressed in the moods and dialouge of the performers. Like in the argument scene with Antigone and Creon, the music got suspenseful when one had a dramatic reaction to what the other was saying, which also changed the mood. As for lighting, the technician did a good job ofI noticed that the light had gotten brighter on a character when he or she was talking; although I had noticed a couple scenes where the light on Antigone kept changing. I don’t quite remember the scene, but the light on her kept dimming, and then bighting, and then dimming… Either it was suppose to be like that or the technician was fixing something??

Overall I think this play did a good job with the design elements. I must admit that there was quite a bit of monologue for me to follow, but I did enjoy it because it was fun to see my classmates perform in their element.

Sam